Female passenger launches brutal attack on flight attendants leaving one in tears 'after being told she can't use phone'

A RAGING plane passenger beat up two air hostesses mid-flight and left one of them in tears - after being told she couldn't use her phone.

Dramatic footage showed the 39-year-old female punching the flight attendants in the face at least five times before fellow passengers stepped in to restrain her.

The savage attack unfolded onboard a Pobeda Airlines flight from Novosibirsk to Moscow in Russia on August 23.

In shocking footage, the red-haired passenger is seen talking with the air hostesses before beginning her savage attack.

She then launches into a full-scale assault, throwing a barrage of hits towards them.

Other passengers immediately step in to restrain the woman and she is eventually pulled away from the cabin crew.

The manic passenger is then filmed laughing as she is es